Instructional Video4:40
Curated Video

What is a Thunderstorm?

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Thunder, lightning, and rain are important elements of a thunderstorm. Discover how thunderstorms form and the three stages they go through. Also, learn the hazards associated with thunderstorms, including lightning, hail, tornadoes,...
Instructional Video4:12
Weatherthings

Weather Things: Thunderstorm Wind

6th - 8th
Lightning is spectacular, from a distance. It's nature's way of transferring electricity within the sky, or between the sky and the ground. When lightning is nearby, it is a threat to safety. People are struck by lightning, in many cases...
Instructional Video0:37
Curated Video

I WONDER - How Many Thunderstorms Are There Every Year?

Pre-K - 5th
This video is answering the question of how many thunderstorms are there every year.
Instructional Video0:37
Curated Video

I WONDER - How Many Thunderstorms Are There Each Year?

Pre-K - 5th
This video is answering the question of how many thunderstorms are there each year.
Instructional Video0:42
Curated Video

I WONDER - How Do You Know When A Thunderstorm Is Near?

Pre-K - 5th
This video is answering the question of how do you know when a thunderstorm is near.
Instructional Video7:45
Weatherthings

Weather Things: Thunderstorm Ingredients

6th - 8th
Lightning is spectacular, from a distance. It's nature's way of transferring electricity within the sky, or between the sky and the ground. When lightning is nearby, it is a threat to safety. People are struck by lightning, in many cases...
Instructional Video2:49
NASA

NASA | Fermi Helps Scientists Study Gamma-ray Thunderstorms

3rd - 11th
Merging data on high-energy bursts seen on Earth by NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope with data from ground-based radar and lightning detectors, scientists have completed the most detailed analysis to date of the types of...
Instructional Video2:20
Curated Video

Thunderstorm

Pre-K - 3rd
What is a thunderstorm? Our universe - Planet Earth - Weather Learning Points Lightning occurs when ice particles inside thunderstorm clouds collide, causing sparks of electricity. This can occur inside the cloud or between the cloud and...
Instructional Video4:37
Science360

Scientists peer into the heart of a nighttime thunderstorm

12th - Higher Ed
The heart of a nighttime thunderstorm, and new insights into how these storms form, revealed by Ed Bensman of the National Science Foundation. For more information: http://nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=135631&org=NSF&from=news
Instructional Video2:11
Curated Video

The Science Behind Thunderstorms: Lightning and Thunder Explained

3rd - 12th
This video explains the formation of thunderstorms and how lightning and thunder are created. It describes how water vapor in the sky condenses into clouds, and when these clouds collide, electrical charges are produced. When these...
Instructional Video4:44
SciShow

Anatomy of a Super Storm

12th - Higher Ed
On the weekend of April 29th and 30th this year, a series of thunderstorms slammed the southern and midwestern US. SciShow News takes a look at those deadly storms using the latest, high-resolution data from the NOAA's GOES-16 weather...
Instructional Video1:19
National Geographic Kids

Learn About Thunderstorms | Nat Geo Kids Weather Playlist

Pre-K - 6th
Discover the very best videos about weather YouTube has to offer - brought to you by National Geographic Kids! ➡ Subscribe for more National Geographic Kids videos: http://bit.ly/SubscribeToNatGeoKids ➡ Watch more Weather videos:...
Instructional Video2:30
Weatherthings

Derecho

6th - 8th
A derecho is a large line or band of powerful or severe thunderstorms that creates a wind damage area more than 400 miles long and more than 60 miles wide. The thunderstorms in a derecho produce downbursts and sometimes tornadoes. Winds...
Instructional Video4:50
FuseSchool

Lightning

6th - Higher Ed
A flash of lightning, and a rumble of thunder. But what exactly are these spectacular occurrences? In 1752, Benjamin Franklin discovered that lightning was caused by powerful electrical discharges in clouds. He wasn’t the first person to...
Instructional Video2:47
NASA

NASA | Terrestrial Gamma-ray Flashes Create Antimatter

3rd - 11th
NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope has detected beams of antimatter launched by thunderstorms. Acting like enormous particle accelerators, the storms can emit gamma-ray flashes, called TGFs, and high-energy electrons and positrons....
Instructional Video3:07
Visual Learning Systems

Weather in Action: Storms

9th - 12th
This video examines the forces creating weather. The way in which atmospheric conditions and patterns cause changes in the weather is explained. Instruction on how to use a weather map and how we can predict tomorrow's weather is...
Instructional Video4:29
Curated Video

Hazardous Weather Solution

3rd - Higher Ed
“Hazardous Weather Solution” discusses the damage that can result from common natural disasters, including hurricanes, blizzards, thunderstorms, and tornadoes.
Instructional Video4:17
SciShow

Weird Places The Endless Lightning at Lake Maracaibo

12th - Higher Ed
During peak thunderstorm season, Lake Maracaibo has an average of 28 lightning strikes per minute hit its surface. But why?
Instructional Video3:53
SciShow

Learning About Lightning from Superbolts

12th - Higher Ed
If you ask someone to picture a thunderstorm, chances are they will have no problem slipping into a memory of dark clouds and bright flashes screaming out from them. But, incredibly, they’re probably picturing the tame version of...
Instructional Video4:15
TED-Ed

TED-Ed: How do tornadoes form? - James Spann

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Tornadoes are the most violent storms on Earth, with wind velocities that can exceed 200 miles per hour. How do these terrifying cyclones form? Meteorologist James Spann sheds light on the lifespan of tornadoes as they go from supercell...
Podcast33:11
NASA

‎Houston We Have a Podcast: Space Tourism and Commercialization

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Mike Read, International Space Station Commercial Space Utilization Manager, discusses NASA's new directive that further opens up the station for commercialization and space tourism with the goal of developing a robust economy in...
Instructional Video2:03
Visual Learning Systems

Weather Safety: Thunderstorm Safety

9th - 12th
Staying safe in all kinds of weather and avoiding weather-related injuries are the focus of this practical video. Concepts and terminology: lightning, tornado, wind, hurricane, and safe shelter.
Instructional Video24:57
Weatherthings

Severe Weather Safety: Watch for the Warning

6th - 8th
All thunderstorms create hazards of lightning. Some thunderstorms result in flash flooding, large hail, damaging wind or a tornado. See how to prepare for these threats at school, at home, or outside. Understand the difference between a...
Instructional Video3:26
Curated Video

Could We Dissipate A Tornado By Firing A Rocket Into It?

Pre-K - Higher Ed
A tornado forms when there is a hot layer of atmospheric air that is covered by a relatively cold, dry bank of air above. When the warm air at the bottom of the atmosphere rises (due to its temperature), it pushes up on the cold air...

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